Movable feature toy figure



Sept. 6, 1955 G. G. YOUNG 2,716,839 MOVABLE FEATURE TOY FIGURE FiledSept. 25, 1952 INVENTOR. GFORG G. YOU V6 right position.

United States Patent? p 2,716,839 MOVABLE FEATURE TOY FIGURE George G.Young, Des Molnes, Iowa, assignor to Marvin 1. Glass, Chicagq lll.

This invention relates to a toy figure in which the movable members areactuated by a flexible cord.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a toy figure withrotatable eyes and rotatable teeth which are actuated by the pulling ofa flexible cord, with the cord supporting an object movable in proximityto the head of the toy figure.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy figure havingmovable parts which are manipulated by the pulling of a flexible cord soas to provide entertainment and play value for a child.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of one form of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a rear view taken on lines 3-3 of Fig. 2 with a section brokenaway.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on lines 44 of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a front view of another figure shown embodying this invention.

The toy comprises a body member generally indicated at 10, which isshaped to simulate the body of the desired character. In the presentinstance it is a rabbit. An extension 12 is secured to the rear at thebase of the body at right angles thereto to support same in an up- Ahead member generally indicated at 14, has recesses formed in the rearthereof to accommodate the rotatable members and has passages for theflexible cord which operates the rotatable parts.

The front of the head forms the face 16 and has a pair of enlargedopenings 18 which form eye spaces. The lower portion of the face has acutout or recessed portion 20, simulating the mouth, through which therotatable teeth are exposed.

The rear of the head has a pair of annular recesses 22, each of whichaccommodates an annular rotatable disc 24, having a serrated surface 26on its peripheral edge..

Each disc has a rearwardly extending pin 28 whichlis rotatablyjournalled in the back of the head member, .as shown by dotted lines 30in Fig. 4. The fronts of the discs are each painted or colored tosimulate eyes 32 and have the pupil portions 34 thereof off-center withrespect to the axis of the discs.

The rear of the head has a recess 36 positioned below the recesses 22which accommodates a rotatable member 37 formed with a plurality ofspaced teeth 37. The rotatable member is supported on a pin 42 which isjournalled in the head. A nose 44 is formed on the front of the pin 42.

A recess or passage is formed in the upper portion of the head, asindicated at 46, which communicates with a passage 48 in one of the earsof the figure, which passage leads exteriorly thereof. A lower outletpassage 50 is positioned adjacent the mouth of the figure.

A flexible cord or string, indicated by the numeral 52, passes throughthe passages 48, 46, between the rotatable 2,716,839 Patented Sept. 6,1955 discs 24'to engage the peripheral edges 26 thereof, then over thetooth disc 38 in engagement therewith, and out througlithe'lower outletpassage 50. The lower end of the'flexible'cord supports an object, andin this instance shown that simulating a carrot, designated at 54. Theupper end of the string is knotted as at 56 to prevent its slippingthrough the upper passage.

The operation of the toy is very simple and is as follows. With the cordin its lower position, the top of the cord is grasped and pulledupwardly, the cord thereby simultaneously rotating rotatable member 37forming the teeth, and the pin 42 which carries the nose, alsosimultaneously rotating in opposite directions the discs 24 forming theeyes. This continues until the carrot is positioned adjacent the mouthwhich limits the upward movement of the cord. By pulling down on thecord, the reverse rotation of the parts takes place until the knottedend 56 of the cord reaches the top of the passage 48 where it isarrested. This operation is continued and there is thus provided a verysimple and inexpensive toy in which the eyes, nose and teeth aresimultaneously operated to provide amusement and play value for thechild.

Fig. 5 shows a modified form of character, namely that in a caricatureof a man. The tie member 58 is substituted for the carrot object 54 ofthe previous figures, and by pulling up and down on the cord the tie ismoved with respect to the head 14a, in much the same manner as thecarrot. The operating parts of the structure shown in Fig. 5 areidentical to those previously described.

While I have shown only two types of characters, it will be understoodthat other types of animals or other characters may be utilized with theconstruction described, and that various types of objects may besubstituted in place of either the carrot or tie, and that variouschanges may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. In a toy figure comprising a body and head, said head having a facewith eye openings and a mouth, a pair of rotatable discs having eyesthereon and a separate rotatable teeth member positioned adjacent saideye openings and said mouth respectively, a flexible cord passingthrough said head and extending above and below said head andsimultaneously engaging the rotatable discs and teeth member and adaptedwhen pulled upwardly or downwardly to rotate same.

2. In a toy figure comprising a body and head, said head having a facewith eye openings and a mouth, a pair of rotatable discs having eyesthereon and a separate rotatable teeth member positioned adjacent saideye openings and said mouth respectively, a flexible cord passingthrough said head and extending above and below said head andsimultaneously engaging the rotatable discs and teeth member andsupporting an object on the lower end thereof and adapted when pulledupwardly or downwardly to rotate said discs and teeth member and whenpulled upwardly to position said object in proximity to said mouth.

3. In a toy figure comprising a head, said head having a face with eyeopenings, rotatable discs having eyes thereon and positioned adjacentsaid eye openings, said discs each having a peripheral serrated surface,a flexible cord passing through said head and extending above and belowsaid head and simultaneously engaging the rotatable discs and adaptedwhen pulled upwardly or downwardly to simultaneously rotate said eyes inopposite directions.

4. In a toy figure comprising a head, said head having a face with eyeopenings and a mouth opening, a pair of rotatable discs having eyesthereon, and a separate rotatable member having spaced teeth, said discsand rotatable teeth member positioned adjacent said eye openings andmouth opening respectively, said rotatable discs having a peripheralserrated surface, a flexible cord pass ing through said head andextending above and below said head and simultaneously engaging therotatable discs and rotatable teeth member and adapted when pulledupwardly or downwardly to simultaneously rotate said eyes in oppositedirections and rotate said teeth.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS CrawOct. 11, Hoyt May 28, Hose Feb. 22, Yancy June 10, OSullivan et a1. Aug.22, Pearson Apr. 10,

FOREIGN PATENTS Switzerland June 16,

